Northern mealy amazon

Northern mealy amazon

Northern mealy amazon: (Amazona Guatemala) is a large, mostly green parrot with a large white orbital ring; head green, growing further towards the nape area. Youth is similar to adults but with Brown eyes.

The unit contracts under a special type within the species Amazona farinosa. Based on a genetic study of the year 2012 They came to be considered as a species in their own right.

Order : Psittaciformes
Family : Psittacidae
Genus: Amazona
Scientific name : Amazona guatemalae
Citation : ( Sclater, PL , 1860)
Protonimo : Chrysotis guatemalae
Origin: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Character: Sociable
Longevity: 50 years
Height: 38cm.

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Subspecies

Amazona guatemalae guatemalae

( Sclater,PL, 1860) – Mostly green, with crown, before Yes lords, blue; edge green Wing / Yellow carpal tunnel; feather edges wing, the blues; Red in the secondary feathers; tail feathers dark green to light green at the tip. Bill is dark gray. White eye-ring, Red iris.

( Sclater,PL , 1860) – Caribbean coast from southeast Mexico to northwest Honduras.

Amazona guatemalae virenticeps

( Salvadori, 1891) – Mostly green with less blue on the crown than subspecies Amazona guatemalae guatemalae ; more yellow/green undertones; green/yellow carpal tunnel rim, with varying shades of red; crown green; lores and fore, blue-green tinted. Woodpecker black / horn. White eye-ring, Red iris.

( Salvadori, 1891) – From Honduras ( Sula Valley ) to West Panama.

Northern mealy parrot

Habitat

They dwell in lowland moist dense forests, especially near gaps and ridges; In addition, they extend the frequent lower montane and forest plantations, crops, gallery forests, and deciduous forests.

Found in pairs or groups of up to 20 individuals, with larger assemblies in feeding areas. Form noisy flocks in communal roosts high in tall trees outside the breeding season, sometimes with several hundred birds. Well camouflaged while foraging quietly in the upper levels of the canopy.

Distribution

Northern mealy amazon is present along the Caribbean slope of Central America, from Veracruz Yes Oaxaca, Mexico , south through Bélice , Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Yes Costa Rica, and west Panama. They are also present in the peaceful shed of Costa Rica and western Panama. Its abundance varies locally, but is common in many areas.

Reproduction

Northern mealy amazon parrot

Season April-May Guatemala. Nests in tree holes, 3-30 m high, were once observed in a crack in a stone wall in a Maya temple. The setting usually has three eggs.